1940 UCLA Bruins football team

1940 UCLA Bruins football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1940 record	1–9 (1–6 PCC)
Head coach	Babe Horrell
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1940 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Stanford $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
#10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1940 college football season. The Bruins offense scored 79 points while the defense allowed 174 points. Coached by Babe Horrell, the Bruins finished the season with a 1–9 record.

Regular season

Schedule

Game	Date	Opponent	Result	Bruins points	Opponents	Record
1	Sept. 29	Southern Methodist	Loss	6	9	0–1
2	Oct. 4	Santa Clara	Loss	6	9	0–2
3	Oct. 12	Texas A&M	Loss	0	7	0–3
4	Oct. 19	@ California	Loss	7	9	0–4
5	Oct. 26	Oregon State	Loss	0	7	0–5
6	Nov. 2	Stanford	Loss	14	20	0–6
7	Nov. 9	@ Oregon	Loss	0	18	0–7
8	Nov. 16	Washington State	Win	34	26	1–7
9	Nov. 23	Washington	Loss	0	41	1–8
10	Nov. 30	@ Southern California	Loss	12	28	1–9

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1940 team players in the NFL

The following players were claimed in the 1941 NFL Draft.

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Jack Sommers	Center	11	92	Chicago Cardinals
Del Lyman	Tackle	14	126	Green Bay Packers

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Team member Jackie Robinson would go on to a career in Major League Baseball.^[3]

References

UCLA Bruins football

Venues	Moore Field (1919–1927) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1928–1981) Rose Bowl (1982–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games California USC (Victory Bell)

Culture & lore	Joe Bruin "Sons of Westwood" "Mighty Bruins" Marching band 1967 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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